How I burn 600 calories a day blogging

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I tried to fight it for so long.

I’d schedule exercise for 4pm every day. When the warm weather was around, it was pretty easy. By 4pm, I’d be itching to get out into the afternoon sun. Okay, I’d miss days, but it was still a lot easier.

But, then winter came…

And, while I do yoga, limitations caused by multiple surgeries don’t allow it to deliver the cardiovascular workout and calorie-burn I need to stay healthy. Plus, with more and more of my career requiring me to write for extensive periods of time, my level of “sedentary-ness” skyrocketed. But, that all ended a few weeks ago, when I set up my…

Rocking, calorie-torching treadmill desk at home…

Whaaaa??? You heard right! That picture below is little old me walking 1 mile per hour while blogging…at my desk. I’m there from 8:30am t 12:30pm, five day a week now. And, here’s the amazing thing…

It doesn’t even feel like exercise!

One mile per hour is the equivalent of a very slow walk. It’s slower than the pace I usually follow whenever I am on the phone (I have to move when I talk or feel like I’m gonna die). You don’t really get tired, you don’t sweat and, at my weight…

By lunchtime, I’ve already burned around 600 friggin’ calories!

And, here’s the other cool benefit, I actually work faster and think better when I am moving, so I end up getting more done faster. I wish this was my idea, but I have to admit to being turned on to this by one of my yoga students, Emiliya, who told me her and her boyfriend had been doing it for months.

Then, she turned me onto a very cool treadmill desk website/blog that not only showcased Steelcase’s new commercial treadmill desk, designed by a Mayo Clinic doctor, but had a gallery showing how a bunch of people made their own versions for next to nothing.

In the end, creating my treadmill desk came down to accepting that, because a big chunk of my career now revolves around writing, I pretty much have to spend a lot of time in front of a computer every day.

But, rather than assuming that working in front of a computer “required” me to be sedentary, by getting hyper creative (and shamelessly stealing and adapting someone else’s idea), I could transform my computer time into my active time, too.

There are so many ways to customize your own treadmill desk, but bere are two more pictures of my set-up. I kept is really simple as used as much bluetooth stuff as possible to keep it almost entirely wireless…

Of course, not, but, now it’ll actually allow me to do those things out of pure joy 2 to 4 days a week, when I can fit them in and not have to feel guilty about the effect my career path is having on my body any more.

It’s amazing what can happen when you allow yourself to reexamine your fundamental assumptions, think outside the box…and go for a walk!

So, anyone wanna join me on the treadmill desk journey?

I’ve got this wild fantasy for a treadmill blogger walkathon to raise money for a cause!

PS – I still have a little more tweaking to do with the monitor position and I am looking for a way to feed the TV into my monitor, too (my rockin’ wife loves to watch Ellen while cranking out the miles, hehehe!).

If anyone knows how to do this, please share the details in the comments…

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@ Naomi.
Walking is great. There have been various trials in the UK testing the effects of walking compared with running. The subjects all covered the same distance and over the same terrain. Some walked and some ran.

The test subjects that walked, lost more weight (fat) from their limbs and torso than those that ran the same distance.

I think the higher fat burning is because when you do something in slow motion your muscles work harder since inertia and gravity aren’t helping you out. It’s the same idea as when you lift weights. Doing it slowly and controlled gives you better results than yanking them up and down.

Wow, Jonathan….. what an amazing idea!! I work out at 1:00 everyday… Well, that’s my plan anyway. I actually only get to it 3 or 4 times a week because there are many times I am working on something and just don’t want to stop. I am afraid to stop working that I will lose momentum or get out of “my zone”. So, I skip working out for that day. Or, say I will work out later and later never gets here. I freakin love this idea!! Combining working with working-out. Love it, love it, love it!!

@ Shana – It’s like a manna from health and fitness heaven for computer-bound people. Though, for those relatively new to movement, yes, even walking, I’d definitely recommend really good shoes and easing their way into it over a few weeks.

PS – I’m really curious to see how it effects my sleep over the next few months, too. Will report back on all!

And, the great thing about this, in contrast to an exercise bike, is that it actually burns a lot more calories and it’s better for your skeketon, because it’s weight bearing, where riding and exercise bike is not.

Very cool that you’re traveling around the world, curious where you’re checking in from today?

Treadmill – I went with a True treadmill. It’s pricey, but it’s also about the best buy for the money in home treadmills. If you’re only going to walk, it’s probably overkill, but we have multiple users and I’ll sometimes run, so we went for it.

Monitor – Dell 20- inch LCD.

Monitor stand – Right now, it sits on top of two file cabinets, but I am going to replace that either with one of those pole-based shelf systems from IKEA or with the kind of monitor stand that gyms used to support TV’s in front of their cardio-equipment. They’re not cheap, though, about $250-275 from Gym Source.

Desktop – I bought a $19 shoe-rack from Target and just used the top from it at a shelf to lay across the rails of my treadmill. But, I am sure you can go to Home Depot or Lowe’s and get a finished shelf and even have it cut to size for a few dollars. I don’t need a big workspace, especialy since I have access to another desk, which I never really use anyway, so I kept the worktop pretty minimalist

Keyboard & mouse – I’m an Apple guy, so I stuck with the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse because they are wireless they since easily with my computer. I actually tried out a different keyboard and mouse, first, but it had trouble being discovered by my computer, so I went back to Mac.

Jonathan, you seem to have stumbled upon the “Amish Secret”. I recently read an article in Men’s Health (I think) about how the Amish log approximately 18,000 steps daily, more than double what the average American does.

To paraphrase the article, while a lot of us get all excited over putting in 20 miles of running a week, your average Amish farmer simply walks twice that distance. It seems that moving your body weight through space requires a certain amount of energy, and that energy is the same whether you walk or run.

It was a really interesting article. Burning an extra 600 calories per day is no joke! I hope you have a good tailor, because you’re going to need to take in your pants pretty soon. 🙂

@ soultravelers3 – Southern Spain, wow that sounds fantastic. Yeah, cycling is generally gentler for knee injuries, but it sounds like you’re doing quite a bit of walking around now anyway. Keep us all updated with your travels!

@ Christopher – Very cool, never heard of the Amish Secret, but it makes perfect sense.

@ Fitness Friend – Hey, I’m all for combining fun. With time being so precious, these day, why not give it a shot?

@ No Debt Plan – Glad to be able to share something fun for you to read!

@ Shelley – I’ve walked around the city with you and I can honestly say…I have trouble keeping up. For a Texan, you sure know how to walk NY-style! Of course, maybe it’s the fact that your legs are twice the length of mine! 😉

A treadmill desk…what a fantastic idea! It makes me wish I hadn’t replaced my treadmill with a recumbent bike last year. Now if only I could figure out a way to make exercising on the bike the sole source of power for my computer, I’d be pedaling at least four to six hours every weekday.

That is one of the coolest ideas I’ve seen in a long time. It seems like a brilliant solution, one I will definitely need to look into. I’m currently training for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer — now I’m intrigued by the idea of being able to train and write at the same time! Thank you for sharing. 🙂

Jonathan, I highly recommend purchasing a Slingbox and connecting it to your television. Using the included software you can then placeshift your audio/visual content to any PC or Mac on your home network or you can view / control the television, DVR, DVD player, what-have-you and watch from a supported phone over the web. It’s a life-changer!

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For your wife: buy a tv tuner card (PCI) or usb peripheral. you can get them for as cheap as $20- $300 from TigerDirect or any computer warehouse. this allows you to attach a cable signal to your computer so that you can watch it on your computer screen or in your case for your treadmonitor. I have a Hauppage PVR 150 that works great on my pc.

This is some nice idea if you absolutely can’t go outside, like for people with injures. But why not real sport? Why don’t you find a sport that doesn’t feel like suffering, something that you like? You’ll burn more calories, you’ll train your aerobic conditions, and develop strength. For instance, playing tennis, soccer, or squash will train your aerobic condition without noticing. Rock climbing (even indoor) will train your muscles like in a gym and you won’t even realize your are doing work.

The way to exercise is to find something that motivates you to do the activity, that will keep you doing it over and over. With your technique, I promise you that you’ll give up within a few months.

@ Everyone – So, a few things to follow up on from a number of comments.

1. I actually switched my utilities to water and wind power about a year go (for my business, too) and I buy carbon credits on top of that, so I am okay with the energy usage.

2. This is NOT intended to replace other activities that I love, this is much more just a replacement for sitting in front of a computer, rather than my sole form of exercise. It’s equally comfortable, but WAY healthier than sitting at a desk for hours and hours. As I mentioned in the column, I do yoga, run on trails, mountain bike and do all sorts of other things that I really enjoy and will continue to do. Though, especially, because I do those things less in the cold winter, being on the treadmill while I type is a big help.

3. Yup, I totally understand this is not a serious cardio workout, I do other things for that.

Big point – I just started this regime and the plan is not so much to replace the activities that I love, but to replace the sitting that previously accompanied my computer time.

And, thanks so much for the recommendations about how to broadcast the TV signal to the monitor, will definitely check out the various options offered.

I also walk & compute in this fashion, although I admit to picking up the tempo quite a bit when I’m breezing through RSS feeds that take so much of my day (over 5km/hr). I put my MacBook on this specialty stand I bought that has articulating arms and weights on the base (unfortunately I can’t find the website of the vendor from which I purchased the stand originally) and it works very well. I also watch my Slingbox when all the reading and typing gets too much. 🙂

I highly recommend it if you are “confined” to your desk at home for hours a day – your metabolism will thank you for it!

@ Keely – Yeah, I think I am actually going to try playing with picking up the pace a bit when I doing more “surfing” type activities on the computer and see how that affects both my ability to compute and my energy for my other “fun-based” activities. I’ll report back soon!

To start off with, I think this is a pretty good idea. I imagine that it has to be much nicer to be moving and typing than to be just sitting in front of a desk. I will have to say that the 600 calories burned from walking is likely a stretch. There’s a really great article article from a researcher at Duke University that discusses the difference between net and gross energy used during exercising. The moral of the story is that what you’re doing is really healthy, but it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to add an extra 600 calories to your diet.
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Working while walking or even light running is definitely a growing trend. I have many online meetings that are an hour or two in length with twenty or more people. The meetings are primarily discussions with headsets abd mics in an online classroom. This is an ideal time for me to use my own modified treadmill. I’m still searching for a wireless headset and mic as the wires can be a bit of a safety concern. Keep on treadputing and getting off your butt.

I love this. I’ve been looking for something to replace my current desk which is just your standard old desk. I wanted to find something that used less space and possibly even one that had me standing. I also wanted to mount my iMac to the wall reducing even more the amount of desk space I needed.

Right now sitting opposite my desk is my treadmill. After reading this I am now thinking I can kill two birds with one stone. Not only do I get a new desk but I’ll also get a smaller footprint desk and free up the space where the treadmill currently is.

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I’m not committed to this project yet, but I’m off to a good start. It turned out that a pre-finished 3’x1′ shelf from Lowe’s is exactly the right dimensions for my treadmill. The treadmill arms are the right height and non-slip. The only difficulty is that, at only 1 mph, the belt is kind of squeaky… well, that and trying to find a way to fit the treadmill in my home office!

Hi Jonathan – this is a ‘bloody’ good idea. Maybe I should get myself a treadmill. Not only could I write, burn of some calories, I have also had a ‘nasty’ accident abou 5 months ago. I fractured the inside AND outside of my right ankle, had to have surgery (plates and screws…VERY painful)… and I need to walk a lot for my exercise… one mile per hour sounds good to me 🙂

@ memobug – tried getting away with just plopping my notebook down on the shelf/desktop, but the downward angle and small screen were bad news. Wouldn’t do it for more than a few minutes.

@ viola – just make sure you take it easy and do what’s right for your ankle. I am actually just getting over a foot injury from trail running, myself, so the pace has been really therapeutic for me, too.

I love this idea. I am a professional writer and sit for as much as 12 hours a day. I am prone to headaches and wear glasses – does this make the words on the screen move a lot or give you vision problems?

Whoa! Guess she’s your precious kid in the pic! Gave me an idea! For almost sometime now I’m lugging my kid who prefers to sit on my lap while watching Youtube vids on a desktop while my left hand is working on a Macbook while the treadmill gathers dust.

I’m a writer and spend lots of time sitting and I did this exact thing with my stationary bike last year. I loosened the handlebars and positioned them backwards and balanced the keyboard on it. It was great except for dealing with the mouse.

Jogging & Walking is by far the best exercise you can do. Whether you do it on a treadmill, as described in this post, or just walk around your blog a couple times a week….. It is by far the best way to trim down, and be overall healthier person…

Truth is that those calorie calculations, especially on machines like your treadmill are almost pure fiction. Walking at 1mph is likely only burning you ~300 calories. However, never underestimate the placebo effect.

I have always wanted a small cycle thing under my desk. I joke that if all web heads did this then you could tall in public from people with massive legs. Look that dude is buff what does he do… he blogs dude… all day…

A low-tech alternative is to sit on an exercise ball instead of a desk chair. It’s cheaper, doesn’t take up more space, and doesn’t use electricity. I got the idea from a PBS program that showed a 5th grade class using them instead of chairs. It doesn’t tell you calories-burned, of course, and it exercises different muscle groups (core more than legs, I think). But the more pro-active you are about it (e.g., sitting with your feet together uses more energy than than sitting with your feet apart), the more you’ll feel it. For me it’s been a great addition to my fitness / weight-loss program.

Not only does this make sense from a health perspective, but it’s probably doing your brain a whole lot of good too. As per studies reported by John Medina who reckons because we evolved on the move, our brains work best when we’re active 😉

I’ve revisited this entry so many times since you first posted it. “That’s a great idea”, I kept telling myself. “But I don’t have a treadmill.”

Well, I do now. Or, rather, I’ve got one on the way and I can’t wait to get it set up so I can start burning calories while blogging. Six hundred calories per day is amazing now matter how you look at it, but to be able to burn them AND still have time to blog? Priceless.

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I have been at a treadmill desk of my own now for 2 months. First, it works. I had back issues that have disappeared. I sleep like a baby at night and during the day I feel like I am on drugs….the good kind, endorphins. I walk 6 – 8 miles a day in my home office and sweating is not an issue unless I want to ramp it up a little while I am reading on the internet. I have lost 18 pounds already so I am a convert. The cost of the WalkStation is a concern for me but there is another product that offers more flexibility to use you own treadmill during the day as a desk and for exercise after work. It is called the TrekDesk. Pricing isnt set yet but it states on the TrekDesk website that it is going to be very affordable. They also are offering a pretty snazzy exercise ball chair that swings onto the treadmill (or off) for those moments when you have to sit. The website is http://www.trekdesk.com and has a lot of information on studies which focus on the long term benefits of walking.

Jonathan it’s friggin’ brilliant. I used to be a personal trainer on my feet all day and about a year ago I transitioned into a marketer… sitting on my butt all day in my home office. Even though I enjoy marketing more than training I have definitely packed on a few pounds. I do the same amount of good eating and exercise as before but instead of running around making my clients exercise I sit behind a lap top and cell phone now.

I think what you’re doing with the treadmill is awesome. I have a buddy who does it with a stationary bike and loves it. I need to get my butt into gear and do something similar as well

That is a sweet setup I need to make something like that for myself (the belly keeps growing not the muscles)
What do you call blogging/jogging?
bjogging, jlogging, maybe blogjob hmmm that almost sounds dirty..

That’s a pretty smart idea…. I’m the same way, I have to pace when I’m on the phone. If I’m sitting at my desk, I’m always tapping & shaking one of my legs. It’s like I have to constantly move, in order to think straight.

I jog every morning before work. But, I’ve never tried walking at 1mph on a treadmill. I bet it’s sooooooo slow that you barely feel like you’re walking. When I’m jogging, it’s like I have the ability to clear my head and think. That’s when I come up with the best ideas.

That’s cool Jonathan. It is really true that doing the stuff you like won’t make you feel you’re actually doing it. I too like having the ability to exercise while working my butt off at the office, but not a treadmill. I just don’t like treadmills because for me, it only benefits the lower part of my body and gives all the shock to my knees whenever I try recoiling my legs.

Instead, I use a compact home gym. It fits nicely in the corner of my office and allows me either a quick, effective workout during lunch or I take ten minutes here and ten minutes there. By the end of the day I have relieved a lot of stress and I am in the best shape of my life.

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@ Scott – Funny you ask, I actually broke my foot fairly early into my treadmill desk career and had to stop using it about two months ago. I am just about to return to regular shoes tomorrow and am hoping to get back to it asap.

Before I got injured, though, I did discover a number of changed that needed to be made in the design and I am preparing a “roadtest” update post to go live in the next few weeks.

Awesome idea! I actually make and sell workout videos for a living. I am surrounded by people who workout non-stop, yet, I too find myself stuck behind a computer screen for hours on end! I own that exact treadmill – the modifications begin tomorrow!

I have a white trash treadmill desk setup.
It features a $100 Phoenix Easy-Up 516 Manual Treadmill, a $400 I-Inc iF-281DPB 28″ Widescreen LCD Monitor and a plywood box resting on the treadmill arm to elevate the $40 Logitech wireless keyboard & mouse by “10. I can send the pictures if anybody is interested.
Best.

Hi! I have been checking out these treadmill desk ideas and think I may have to do it! I work from home and have to stay attached to the computer 9-5, so I think this will be a good change for my poor body! I also do Yoga, but start out so stiff after sitting all day! Anyhow – Can you elaborate on your design – looks like the shelf is just sitting across the bars of the treadmill – is it attached at all? (sorry if you already answered this – I couldn’t read all of the many many commments!) And – I would totally join a group to raise funds for a good cause – once I have mine up and “running” (pun intended) I’ll let you know. Thanks!

Melissa, as far as attaching the shelf goes, you might or might not need to. I just bought a prefinished 3′ shelf from Home Depot, and the nonslip surface of the arms keeps it in one spot. And I know what you mean about reading all comments; blogs are not great places for conversations. At least you can subscribe to a post by email; that’s how I knew to come back and respond to your comment.

Thanks for the response, Lester – much appreciated. Well I got a basic treadmill from Craigslist for $95 – the handles are slanted and short, so I set up the extra leaf for my dining room table on stacks of boxes, and it’s working very well so far! It may be even more white trash than Olivier’s thought! Will look for a better/more stable shelf system this weekend. I’ve officially joined the work-walkers – hooray!

[…] The more I think about it, the less I think sitting at a desk is conducive to stimulation and creativity. I find my body stiffening, and it slowly seems to tighten the edges of my brain. I sit on one of those giant exercise balls, and the bouncing ability definitely calms some of my fidgeting. But I’ve been having visions lately of inventing some sort of writer’s easel — except an easel that would allow me to wander around the room! Sounds crazy, but it’s not too many steps past Jonathan Fields’ ingenious treadmill desk. […]

hey there,
i currently dont have the treadmill setup but have got a mini exercise bike under my custom put together desk (still require 24+ screen) and pedal my days away whilst doing constant computer work and with a wacom tablet.
its called the http://www.magnetrainer.com and doesn’t make any noise what so ever.
heres a a few pics of me setup,http://picasaweb.google.com.au/shonofear/ExerciseAndWork?feat=directlink
i still want to get the treadmill desk in action cause nothing beats standing up/walking for the legs. but at least the mini bike is portable especially for my kind of work 😛
cheers

I have always believed in doing physical exercises every day. After all, you just have one body and you got to keep it fit to keep it going….It would be good for you!
Your having tread mill beside a working desk is a good idea too…

Great idea. While I think it might take a bit to get used to walking and working, (like chewing gum and walking I suppose, ;), I think it’s a great idea for those of us who currently sit at a desk. I’d like to look into actually building something that powers my system as well to save on energy too.

Very creative. I can’t believe anyone would really do that though. On one hand many people need to get in the zone to workout, but on the other a fully loaded desk would completely take their minds off the torture.

I still really like this idea and am thinking about doing it, but my wife just pointed out something interesting. When treadmills report the number of calories burned, they estimate your body’s *total* burn, not just what is burned through the exercise. It turns out when walking that slowly, the vast majority of the burn is through standard metabolic processes. See this chart:

I’ve never actually heard of any ideas like this at all… That’s a pretty sweet idea, I’m surprised that you don’t get tired at all, I guess one MPH is pretty slow though and I’ve found my legs get more tired just standing then when I’m walking, anyways great idea.

Anthonyws, I will certainly be interested in your experience but you would be surprised to to see that it is easier to type while walking than cycling.The human body and sensory system is adapted to walking–not so to cycling. As a result, you will find yourself constantly having to remind yourself to keep pedaling because you will be stopping every time you type.

Great setup, it had me LOL because I have no idea how you can type a legible blog post while exercising. I prefer to use a DVD player and I watch a movie for 90 minutes and burn 1500 calories rather than watch it from the couch and burn 30.

This is a great idea. I’ve seen other setups before but your post made it sound like something I can do in my office. I like the idea of watching movies too. Guess it’s time to get off my butt and start walking!

@Nathan
As you stated, the direct calorie burn is a much smaller number, but remember, your metabolism is stimulated for hours after you stop walking, so there really is a significant additional calorie burn.

Nice post Jonathan. You made a really nice treadmill desk there. I had an idea of making a treadmill desk out of manual treadmills I just don’t know if it would work. Well, anyway like you I also work for long hours in front of the computer for some years and I must say that I am losing the time to burn my calories plus I have enough of social night outs, my belly goes bigger every month. I need to do something and I think making myself a treadmill desk is worth a try. Thank you for this informative post.

This is really coo! My friend was just telling me how she started standing up at work (with a laptop stand) and how this makes her more productive and less tired. You’ve taken it one step further (no pun intended)!

Man, this is an older post, but still relevant. I love the idea of a treadmill as a desk. You should make sure the safety device is hooked up if it is up against the wall though especially if kids are around.

Jon, I think it is so great you get a workout while blogging. Seems like such a simple concept but never thought of it myself. Keep up with your workouts and stick to the blogging, seems to be working for you. Now I just need to get myself a treadmill.

Not the same Steve as directly above. Way to make your idea happen man. I wish I had the ability to make these sorts of things happen as I feel like I always have great ideas like this but then disregard it, thinking of I have no way to make it happen. Exercise check. Blogging/Maybe socializing/making money too while exercising check.

Sorry man – not to totally bring you down but 1 mph is a quarter of the speed of the average walker. Wait, they are not typing though nor trying not to spill coffee. So who knows. I’d not be able to walk 4 mph carrying a laptop and mug.

Cool that you did this post many years ago. When you think about all the ADD symptoms caused by lots of multi-tasking, too much caffeine and the like, this movement system makes a lot of sense. I wish I had found it when you did.

Just throwing out another +1 for the treadmill desk four years later. I rigged up a simple little desktop out of plywood and mounted an LCD to the wall and love it as well. Been using it a few times a week for nine months now, though I haven’t committed to all day walking yet! Between this and standing desks at work and home I feel dramatically better and have lost almost 40lbs in that time.

As it got easier I now generally walk with 8lb ankle weights and an incline at about 2mph. I didn’t quite realize the effect until last month I went on a deep woods photo hike in the SC mountains and was taken aback at how not-tired I was.

I know you have undoubtedly answered this question somewhere in the comments, but my eyes are straining from reading them. Can you tell me how much the treadmill desk has impacted your electricity bill? Does the low setting cost much extra if you use it all the time?

I’ve already installed one of my own, but I’m renting my friend’s place. I don’t want them to freak out about the electricity usage (even thought I’ll happily pay the bill -this is awesome).

I don’t think I would get used to moving while working, it just doesn’t seem natural for me. I think I’d rather reserve distinct hours for my physical exercises and work sessions. Although the treadmill technique seems to be very time efficient. Thanks for the article Jonathan.

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